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On November 13, 2014, over thirty Auburn University at Montgomery alumni and guests gathered at Greystone Country Club for the public launch of the Birmingham Regional Campaign within Imagine. Invest. Inspire. A Campaign for Auburn University at Montgomery. Despite the blustery winter weather, the Auburn Montgomery delegation was warmly received.

Auburn University Board of Trustees approved academic reorganization for AUM, which resulted in the merging of two schools, the re-designation of all of the schools as colleges, and the creation of a new college.

Three short years ago, AUM publicly announced the Imagine. Invest. Inspire. campaign for Auburn University at Montgomery. The university’s alumni and friends responded by providing overwhelming support beyond what anyone could have imagined. Because of that support, AUM is able to announce that it has achieved the $15.3 million goal of the campaign.

The Alabama Power Foundation has given $150,000 to Auburn Montgomery in support of the Wellness Center.
Leslie Sanders, Alabama Power's Southern Division Vice President, and Mike Jordan, External Affairs Manager, presented the check to Chancellor John G. Veres III and Carl Whatley, '83, Chairman of Imagine. Invest. Inspire. A Campaign for Auburn University at Montgomery, on Dec. 17.

Dr. Kathleen Rasmussen has established a named endowed scholarship for undergraduate students enrolled in the Auburn Montgomery Department of Justice and Public Safety. To be eligible as a "Dr. Kathleen A. Rasmussen Scholar," the student must be pursuing an undergraduate degree in the field of Justice and Public Safety and must have a minimum grade-point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale.

More than 200 alumni and supporters of Auburn University at Montgomery gathered at the university’s new Wellness Center on Nov. 1 to launch “Imagine. Invest. Inspire. A Campaign for Auburn University at Montgomery.”

Retired Montgomery businesswoman Dottie Kenady Blair has pledged $1.1 million to Auburn University at Montgomery to support AUM’s School of Business, School of Nursing and the university’s planned Wellness Center.

Carl Whatley Jr. and his wife, Marjorie, have pledged $1.25 million to Auburn Montgomery to support AUM’s schools of Business, Education and Liberal Arts, the AUM Library, the soon-to-be-built Wellness Center and the university’s unrestricted fund.